Myah Goff

After leaving her corporate job to pursue magic full-time, Brielle Kawalek is using mentalism to help Chicagoans trade their to-do lists for a moment of shared wonder.

Things to do in the Twin Cities this weekend: Nahuatl book launch in St. Paul; Asian Phoenix Festival in south Minneapolis, the Qeej and Hmong Arts Festival at St. Paul’s Union Depot, and art workshops at the Somali Museum.

Bridgeport resident Cyrus Brown began making and selling hot sauces as a spicy, scrappy tribute to his late older brother and their experimental music project by the same name.

Things to do in the Twin Cities this weekend: Hmong-American Day Festival in Maplewood; Thai New Year in St. Louis Park; and Art-A-Whirl features artists of color across northeast Minneapolis.

Things to do in the Twin Cities this weekend: Southern Theater showcases Pan-African dance, storytelling; West African pop music at The Cedar; a Minneapolis taco festival and the Kickoff to Summer at the Fair.

Minnesota's arts calendar is packed this weekend with live music, outdoor festivals and cultural celebrations across Indigenous and Asian communities.

Also this weekend: roller skating in St. Paul, an Asian street food festival in Maplewood, and a new exhibit at Indigenous Roots.

Across the Twin Cities this weekend, local creatives of color are taking some of life's heaviest, most vulnerable realities and making space for community joy to live alongside it.

From jazz concerts and second-line parades to family festivals and community cookouts, here's where to celebrate Juneteenth across Chicago this week.

Also this weekend: K-pop at St. Paul RiverCentre and a feminist Broadway show at the Ordway; ahead next week: queer-centered Palestinian films and a Two Spirit powwow.